Tie-plate and rail-fastener.



PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

J. J. DAVIS; TIE PLATE AND RAIL 'PASTENER.

APPLIOATION FILED MIA-3.6.1907.

W1 TNESSES [NVEN-TOR JZZ/z Z (Mis JOHN JACOB DAVIS, OF BUOYRUS, OHIO.

TIE-PLATE AND RAlL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed March 6,1907. Serial No. 360.854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN JACOB DAvIs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Bucyrus, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie- Plates and Rail-Fasteners, of which the fol lowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accom anying drawing.

This invention re ates to tie lates and rail fasteners, and the invention as for its primary object the provision of novel means for protecting a tie from the wear and tear of rails resting thereon and to provide a novel tie plate for rail fasteners to prevent the spreading of rails or a track.

Another object of this invention is to pro vide rail fasteners that will thoroughly brace the outer side of a track and prevent the vertical displacement of rails.

A further object of this invention is to provide rail fasteners that can easily and quickly be placed in position to firmly hold rails.

\Vith the above and other objects in view which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically'pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing forming art of this specification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie plate and rail fasteners constructed in accordance with my invention. Fi 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same, partly in elevation. Fig. 3 is an elevation partly in section of a rail brace or fastener.

To put my invention into practice, I provide a tie plate 1 approximately the same length and width as an ordinary tie 2 and I provide one end of the plate 1 with an integral fastener 3 constituting a rail brace for the outer side of a rail 4, said fastener and brace engaging the base flange, web portion and head of said rail. The plate 1 adjacent to the fastener and brace 3 is rovided with openings 5 to receive spikes 6 or holding the inner side of the base flange of the rail I. The opposite end of the plate 1 is formed with a rail seat 7 for rails Sand with a seat 9 for a detachable fastener and rail brace 10, the fastener bracing the outer side of the fish bars 1O employed for securing therrails 8 together. The rails 8 are prevented from moving outwardly or spreading with relation to the rail 4, by the shoulders 11 and 12, of the seats 7 and 9 respectively.

To secure the fastener and brace .10 in position, I employ bolts 14, the heads 15 of said bolts being countersunk within the plate 1 and the bolts passing upwardly through said plate and the fastener 10, said bolts being retained in engagement with these elements by nuts 16. The tie plate 1 adjacent to the seat 7 is provided with openings 17 for spikes 18, said spikes engaging the inner side of the fish bars 10 and firmly holding the inner side of said rails.

It is apparent from the illustration of my invention'that I have devised a simple and inexpensive tie plate having rail fasteners for firmly bracing the outer sides of a track, thus preventing the spreading of the rails and derailing of rolling stock adapted to move over said rails.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, I have illustrated a rail brace or fastener similar to one end of the plate 1., with the exception that an additional spike 19 is employed for securing the rail brace or fastener to a tie.

I desire it to be understood that the detachable fastener 10 can be used with an ordinary rail where a joint is not formed, and that fish bars can also be used in connection with two rails and the fastener or brace 3.

I do not care to'confine myself to the use of my improved tie plate with wooden ties, as composition ties or sleepers can be used for firmly supporting the tie plate.

It is thought that the manner of assembling the tie plate and detachable fastener thereof will be readily understood, also that such changes as are permissible by the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

That I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination, a railway tie, a tie plate mounted thereon to receive rails, a fastener and rail brace formed integral with one end of said plate to engage and brace the outer side of one of the rails on the tie plate, the said tie plate being formed adjacent its other end with a rail sea't having a transverse shoulder against which the outer edge of the base flange of one of the rails engages, and also having an inclined rail-brace seat having a shoulder extending transversely thereof, a

rail brace removably mounted on said railthe rails in position and also securing the tie IO brace scat engaging near its outer end With plate to the tie.

the shoulder of said seat and at its inner end In testimony whereof I affix my signature engaging the outer face of one1 of thedrails, f in the presence of two Witnesses.

means assed throu h the tie p ate an said T remova hle rail-brac for securing the latter I JOHA JACOB DAVIS in position, and securing spikes passed Witnesses: through the tie plate into the tie and engag- L. C. FEIGHNER, ing the base flanges of the rails for securing FREDERICK HIPP. 

